A 26-day-old baby boy, who was stolen from a Kafrul house on December 20, has been safely reunited with his mother after nearly two weeks.

A team of detectives rescued the baby from Mirpur area last night and handed him over to his parents, Saiful Islam, an additional deputy commissioner of DB's Mirpur zone, told The Daily Star yesterday.

"We traced the baby's location analysing footages of around 100 CCTV cameras. Sensing presence of the law enforcers, the thief left the baby abandoned in Mirpur area and fled away," Saiful, who led the drive, added.

Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, chief of Detective Branch of police, said a man stole the baby as his mother went outside to buy milk on December 20.

"The family was devastated. We started investigation after they filed a case with Kafrul Police Station in this regard," he said.

"We got the photos of the man who took the baby from the CCTV footage. We are hopeful to arrest him soon," he said.